Lifeforce (1985 film)
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Lifeforce (1985 film) is a 1985 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, known for its blend of space-vampire mythology, apocalyptic themes, and elaborate visual effects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lifeforce | 3 |
| Lifeforce (1985 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4313933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lifeforce (1985 film) Context triple: [John Dykstra, workedOn, Lifeforce (1985 film)]
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A.
The Omega Man (1971 film)
The Omega Man (1971 film) is a 1971 post-apocalyptic science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston as one of the last survivors of a global catastrophe, loosely based on Richard Matheson’s novel "I Am Legend."
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B.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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C.
Coffy
Coffy is a 1973 blaxploitation action film starring Pam Grier as a vigilante nurse taking on drug dealers and corrupt officials.
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D.
Barbarella
Barbarella is a 1968 cult science fiction film starring Jane Fonda, known for its campy, erotic space adventure style and iconic visual design.
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E.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) is a critically acclaimed science-fiction horror remake about an alien pod invasion that subtly replaces humans with emotionless duplicates, noted for its paranoid atmosphere and enduring cultural impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lifeforce (1985 film) Target entity description: Lifeforce (1985 film) is a 1985 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, known for its blend of space-vampire mythology, apocalyptic themes, and elaborate visual effects.
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A.
The Omega Man (1971 film)
The Omega Man (1971 film) is a 1971 post-apocalyptic science fiction movie starring Charlton Heston as one of the last survivors of a global catastrophe, loosely based on Richard Matheson’s novel "I Am Legend."
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B.
Slan
Slan is a classic 1940 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt about a persecuted race of telepathic mutants, often cited as a landmark of the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
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C.
Coffy
Coffy is a 1973 blaxploitation action film starring Pam Grier as a vigilante nurse taking on drug dealers and corrupt officials.
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D.
Barbarella
Barbarella is a 1968 cult science fiction film starring Jane Fonda, known for its campy, erotic space adventure style and iconic visual design.
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E.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film) is a critically acclaimed science-fiction horror remake about an alien pod invasion that subtly replaces humans with emotionless duplicates, noted for its paranoid atmosphere and enduring cultural impact.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British-American film
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film ⓘ science fiction horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Space Vampires NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Colin Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Aubrey Morris
NERFINISHED
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Chris Jagger NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Finlay NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hallam NERFINISHED ⓘ Mathilda May NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Gothard NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Railsback NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Alan Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfSetting |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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space ⓘ |
| director | Tobe Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Cannon Releasing (international)
NERFINISHED
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TriStar Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | John Grover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| genre |
apocalyptic film
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horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ space horror film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Colonel Colin Caine
NERFINISHED
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Colonel Tom Carlsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Space Girl ⓘ |
| musicBy | Henry Mancini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of space-vampire mythology and horror
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depiction of an apocalyptic plague in London ⓘ elaborate visual effects ⓘ |
| partOf | 1980s science fiction horror cinema ⓘ |
| producer |
Menahem Golan
NERFINISHED
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Yoram Globus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Cannon Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ratingMPAA | R ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-06-21 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| runtime | 116 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dan O’Bannon
NERFINISHED
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Don Jakoby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Lifeforce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lifeforce (1985 film) Description of subject: Lifeforce (1985 film) is a 1985 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, known for its blend of space-vampire mythology, apocalyptic themes, and elaborate visual effects.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lifeforce
this entity surface form:
Lifeforce
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Lifeforce